Halloween Party Banner Tutorial

Hi friends! I have a last minute Sizzix Halloween tutorial for you, in the form of a fun pennant banner. This would be a great project to make together with kids for or on Halloween, since the techniques are real easy. 

Long pennant banners are hard to photograph in a nice way. Here I placed it on the ground so that you can see the whole thing. I made this banner for the Halloween party at Anton's school. I also die cut some of the same shapes for the kids to use when they were crafting decor for the part. They met on the weekend before the party to make some decor pieces. 

I die cut flags from white paper using the Big Banner die (it is 1/4" x 8"). They were splattered and misted with Candied Apple and Black Soot. In the past, whenever I got the idea of using red mist, I often ended up not liking the result since it has a tendency to look like splattered blood - but for this project, that was perfect. Anton was very impressed with all the bloody splatters.

 I die cut the Drip Edge from red paper and adhered at the top of each banner.

The banners were stamped with a variety of Tim Holtz Halloween images.

I die cut skulls, ghosts, pumpkins, cat/bat/witch hat and Lost Zombies, from white, orange and black paper, as well as green foam.

The ghosts and skulls were inked and I placed black Deco Sheet behind their eyes and mouths. I also had some small die cut bats - from the Halloween Mixed Media set - on my desk and used them as eyebrows for the skull. I used the same ghost die for a banner for Anton's room last year, you can find that Translucent Ghost Banner Tutorial here.

The happy pumpkins got black cardstock behind them. 

 Stamp the pumpkins with some word stamps.

I die cut HALLOWEEN using the Vintage Market XL die, and placed one letter on each of the nine banners.

The banners were stapled to a ribbon that I found in my stash.

 One of the ghosts got a witch hat and is looking pretty funny.

 You can really mix any Halloween dies or stamp for this project.

 The Deco Sheet adds a fun detail, and glimmers real nicely in the light.

 This Drip Edge die is such fun, and I already have some non-Halloween ideas for it too.

I used simple die cut shapes on this project, but you could of course make them more elaborate, for instance, by die cutting them from chipboard and painting them, or adding glitter, or maybe die cutting them from different patterned papers. 

The Distress Spray Stain splatters are a real easy way to create the look of blood, and get a lot of texture at the same time.

 The stamp of the little trick and treaters is one of my favourite Halloween stamps.

 Small die cuts can be placed here and there to add interest.

 I started and ended the banner with another Lost Zombie, walking in the opposite direction.

Here you can see it hanging in a window at home. It looked better at the school, but I didn't get any good photos of it there (not that this one is perfect, pennant banners are hard to photograph since they are so long and horizontal).

I hope you will have a great Halloween weekend! I'll be back again tomorrow with an autumn tutorial, also featuring pumpkins.

Happy crafting and thank you for stopping by!

Anna-Karin

Supplies:

Tim Holtz Sizzix LOST ZOMBIE	Sizzix Bigz Die - Lost Zombie	Sizzix Thinlits Die - Drip Edge	Tim Holtz Sizzix DRIP EDGE	Sizzix Bigz Die - Hocus Pocus
Tim Holtz Sizzix Die HOCUS POCUS Bigz	Sizzix Big Banner Bigz L Die	Sizzix Bigz Die - Jack-o-Lanterns	Tim Holtz Sizzix Die JACK O LANTERNS Bigz	Tim Holtz Sizzix Die SKULL Bigz
Sizzix Bigz Die - Skull	Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 3PK - Mixed Media Halloween	Tim Holtz Sizzix MIXED MEDIA HALLOWEEN	Sizzix Bigz Die - Ghosts	Tim Holtz Sizzix GHOSTS Bigz
Sizzix Bigz XL Vintage Market	Tim Holtz Sizzix VINTAGE MARKET Bigz XL	Tim Holtz Idea-ology HALLOWEEN Deco Sheets	Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain CANDIED APPLE	Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain BLACK SOOT
Ranger Archival Ink Pad JET BLACK	Tim Holtz REGIONS BEYOND	Tim Holtz MINI HALLOWEEN #5	Tim Holtz MINI HALLOWEEN	Tim Holtz MINI HALLOWEEN 3
Tim Holtz WEBS & DAMASK	Tim Holtz UNDERTAKER	Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And White	Big Shot Machine	Sizzix MINT Standard Cutting Pads
Sizzix Accessory - Cutting Pads, Standard, 1 Pair (Mint)	Standard Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies	Sizzix MAGNETIC PLATFORM	Sizzix Multipurpose Platform, Extended	Ranger Inkssentials GLOSSY ACCENTS
Hero Arts CLEAR ACRYLIC BLOCK 3 by 3	Hero Arts CLEAR ACRYLIC BLOCK 4 x 4.5	3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE GLIDER 1/4	Tim Holtz TINY ATTACHER Stapler

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